Episode 5: The DNA of Beowulf

The interdisciplinary nature of Wheaton's curriculum extends beyond
regular courses to student-faculty research collaborations. The fifth episode of Wheaton In Focus zooms in for a close-up look at how scholarship on Old English literature and modern DNA sequencing methods are being combined to address a long-standing mystery in the humanities.

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